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BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 2, 期 1, 页码 110-112出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0395
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dromaeosauridae; predation; functional morphology
Dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs possess a strongly recurved, hypertrophied and hyperextensible ungual claw on pedal digit II. This feature is usually suggested to have functioned as a device for disembowelling herbivorous dinosaurs during predation. However, modelling of dromaeosaurid hindlimb function using a robotic model and comparison of pedal ungual morphology with extant analogue taxa both indicate that this distinctive claw did not function as a slashing weapon, but may have acted as an aid to prey capture.
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